(clug-talk) Anyone install the latest NVIDIA drivers?

[Johnny Stork]

Just tried to install the latest NVIDIA drives on RH 8 with a GeForce 2 MX but no GLX? Here is my post to the NVIDIA Linux forum. Just downloaded and installed to a RH 80 machine, Althon 1400, Asus V7100, GeForce 2 MX card. from console, no X, I ran rpm --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4191.src.rpm rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel.-1.0-4191.i386.rpm rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX.1.0-4191.i386rpm So far so good. Changed XF86Config (no XF86Config-4) to use "nvidia" instead of "nv" commented out "load dri" X will start but clearly no GLX. Tux fails with "couldnt find matching GLX visual" and glxinfo gives "couldnt find RGB GLX visual" Any help would really be appreciated and heres my XF86Config. # File generated by anaconda. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Anaconda Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" # InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" #Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "record" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" # Option "AutoRepeat" "500 5" # when using XQUEUE, comment out the above line, and uncomment the # following line # Option "Protocol" "Xqueue" # Specify which keyboard LEDs can be user-controlled (eg, with xset(1)) # Option "Xleds" "1 2 3" # To disable the XKEYBOARD extension, uncomment XkbDisable. # Option "XkbDisable" # To customise the XKB settings to suit your keyboard, modify the # lines below (which are the defaults). For example, for a non-U.S. # keyboard, you will probably want to use: # Option "XkbModel" "pc102" # If you have a US Microsoft Natural keyboard, you can use: # Option "XkbModel" "microsoft" # # Then to change the language, change the Layout setting. # For example, a german layout can be obtained with: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # or: # Option "XkbLayout" "de" # Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" # # If you'd like to switch the positions of your capslock and # control keys, use: # Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:swapcaps" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" #Option "XkbVariant" "" #Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" EndSection # Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31-115 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "dpms" # 1800x1440 @ 64Hz, 96.15 kHz hsync ModeLine "1800X1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync # 1800x1440 @ 70Hz, 104.52 kHz hsync ModeLine "1800X1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync EndSection Section "Device" # no known options Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)" #Driver "nv" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)" BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)" #BusID EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX (generic)" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 15 Subsection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1800X1440" "1600x1200" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubsection Option "IgnoreEDID" "1" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection ________________________________ Open Enterprise Solutions Linux & Open Solutions for Business Johnny Stork, BA Calgary, AB Canada http://www.openenterprise.ca